Agenda

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Wednesday, September 17, 2025
9:00 am – 4:00 pm CDT


Agenda:
Presented by John Giordanengo, MS

Summary of Conventional Policies and Programs for Sustainability

  • Summary of 700-year history of global market capitalism
  • Global policies & programs for sustainability
  • State policies & programs for sustainability
  • City and county policies and programs for sustainability

Systems Thinking Applied to Understanding of Sustainable Economies

  • Basic principles and history of systems thinking
  • Consilience (unity of knowledge) and nested systems
  • Feedback loops, and their indication of a turbulent 21st century
  • Chronic symptoms facing cities, states, and nations (signs of an unbalanced system)

A Proposed Model (Structure) of a Sustainable Economy

  • Foundational (governing) components of sustainable economies
  • The social, environmental, and industrial context of an economy
  • Understanding economic diversity and its critical social, industrial, and environmental benefits
  • Defining and understanding resilience and resistance (stability) to disturbance/turbulence
  • Natural energy rules, and their relationship with trade & economic diversity
  • Natural trade rules, and their impact to economic diversity & energy efficiency

Understanding and Evaluating Productivity Measures for Sustainable & Resilient Economies

  • Review of Gross Domestic Product, Net productivity, and Productive Capacity
  • Relationships between resource-use efficiency and productivity measures
  • Alternative productivity measures (per capita GDP on unit energy basis, and true NDP) and their relationship to sustainable economies and conservation
  • Diversity, productivity, disturbance in ecosystems and economies (succession), and an ecological equivalent of the wealth gap
  • Review of business competition, turbulence, creative destruction, and fundamental drivers of innovation and sustainable economic growth

Managing Diversity, Energy, and Trade to Restore Economic Balance and Forge Sustainability

  • The geographic scale of a sustainable economy (economic rationale for regional economic zones)
  • Regenerative & sustainable agriculture
  • Agile manufacturing, cooperatives, and ecological clusters
  • Sustainable Forestry (implications for watershed health, wildfire, food, energy, conservation)
  • Recycling and circularity (challenges, opportunities, benefits, and policy/program summary)
  • Waste heat, energy sovereignty (and drivers of economic sovereignty)
  • Understanding and planning for a possible food, water, energy nexus

Federal, State, and Local Policies & Programs for Economic Restoration

  • What is economic restoration (in context of desired social, environmental, and economic benefits)
  • Conducting an economic restoration analysis
  • Federal policies and programs to support sustainable economies
  • State policies and programs to support sustainable economies
  • County and city policies and programs to support sustainable economies
  • Redefining the triple bottom line and similar programs to navigate a turbulent 21st century
  • A new proposed definition for sustainability and for sustainable economies

Case Studies

  • Vermont
  • Salinas de Guaranda, Ecuador
  • Sri Lanka
  • Italy

 

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Credits

Engineers
6.0 PDHs

Architects
6.0 CE Hours*

AIA - American Institute of Architects
6.0 LUs

Landscape Architects
6.0 HSW CE Hours*

LACES - Landscape Architecture Continuing Education System
6.0 HSW PDHs

APA/AICP - American Planning Association/American Institute of Certified Planners
6.0 CM

 

Continuing Education Information

This webinar is open to the public and is designed to qualify for 6.0 PDHs for professional engineers, 6.0 continuing education hours for licensed architects, and 6.0 HSW continuing education hours for landscape architects in most states. *Refer to specific state rules to determine HSW acceptance.

HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for engineers in Florida (Provider License No: CEA362), Indiana (License No. CE21700059), Maryland, and New Jersey (Approval No. 24GP00049300). HalfMoon Education is deemed an approved continuing education sponsor for New York engineers, architects and landscape architects via its registration with the American Institute of Architects Continuing Education System (AIA/CES) and the Landscape Architecture Continuing Education System (LA/CES). Other states do not preapprove continuing education providers or courses.

The American Institute of Architects Continuing Education System has approved this course for 6.0 LUs (Sponsor No. J885). Only full participation is reportable to the AIA/CES.

The Landscape Architecture Continuing Education System has approved this course for 6.0 HSW PDHs. Only full participation is reportable to the LA CES.

HalfMoon Education is an approved CM Provider with the American Planning Association. This course is registered for CM | 6 for Certified Planners

Attendance will be monitored, and attendance certificates will be available after the webinar for those who attend the entire course and score a minimum 80% on the quiz that follows the course (multiple attempts allowed).

*On-Demand Credits*

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6.0 LUs (AIA)
6.0 HSW PDHs (LA CES)

Speakers

John Giordanengo, MS

Founder and Principal Restoration Economist of Economic Restoration Services

Mr. Giordanengo is the founder and principal restoration ecologist of AloTerra Restoration Services. He has 33 years of professional and academic experience in ecology, ecological restoration, business, and economics; 23 years of natural resource project management experience; 10 years of natural resource research experience; over 200 publications, oral presentations, articles and technical papers. He has founded and managed several non-profit organizations, and facilitated several complex stakeholder engagement processes with federal, state, local, non-profit, and private entities. Mr. Giordanengo earned his M.S. degree in Rangeland Ecosystem Science from Colorado State University and his B.S. degree from San Diego State University.

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AIA Info

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AIA continuing education credit has been reviewed and approved by AIA/CES. Learners must complete the entire learning program to receive continuing education credit. AIA continuing education Learning Units earned upon completion of this course will be reported to AIA/CES for AIA members. Certificates of Completion for both AIA members and non-AIA members are available upon request. 

Course Title:  Redefining Sustainability for a Turbulent 21st Century

Delivery Method: Live Online 

Course Description: This six-hour course focuses on the practical policies and programs that balance economic growth with ecological restoration and community well-being. The course examines conventional sustainability frameworks, proposes a new model for regional economic resilience, and introduces tools for assessing productivity and efficiency.

Learning Objectives: 

Learning Objective 1: Learners will be able to identify the social, industrial and environmental benefits of economic diversity and explain its role in a sustainable economy.

Learning Objective 2: Learners will be able to discuss methods of evaluating productivity for sustainable economies, including alternative productivity measures such as per capita GDP on unit energy basis.

Learning Objective 3: Learners will be able to explore the challenges, opportunities, benefits and policies related to recycling in a circular economy.

Learning Objective 4: Learners will be able to define economic restoration in the context of desired social, environmental, and economic benefits, and examine related federal, state, and local policies.

LUs: 6.0

LU Type: LU|HSWs 

Prerequisites: None

Advance Preparation: None 

Program Level: Intermediate 

Course Expiration Date:  05/23/2028

Complaint Resolution Policy: 

Complaints regarding this course can be emailed to fchapman@halfmoonseminars.org or by calling (715) 835-5900. A HalfMoon Education representative will respond within 72 hours to resolve the complaint, which will include, but not limited to, access to another CE activity at no or reduced cost or a full or partial refund. Each instance will be resolved on a case-by-case situation.